City Dialogues

27 Nov 2020

New York and London dig deep into resilience resources

London and New York will dig deep into their resources of resilience and may emerge with more adaptive reuse and a new generation of ‘roomier’, healthier buildings that are ‘more like a mitten than a...

Diverse Leaders

27 Nov 2020

Joining the dots across equality, diversity and inclusion in the built environment

Building People is crowdfunding to continue their work joining the dots across the many organisations and initiatives that work with diverse and under-represented communities in the built environment....

27 Nov 2020

Five minutes with… Heather Macey, associate director at John McAslan and Partners

David Taylor catches up with Heather Macey of John McAslan + Partners to chat about ‘We’re not bad kids’ – a new film and research initiative she has developed with Miranda MacLaren and Palina Penchev...

New London Awards

27 Nov 2020

People's Choice Winner: Hammersmith & Fulham Civic Campus

NLA is delighted to announce Hammersmith & Fulham Civic Campus as the winner of the People’s Choice was for 2020.

New London Awards

26 Nov 2020

London's Hidden Hero: Neil Pinder

We are delighted to announce Neil Pinder as our 2020 Hidden Hero. Neil used The Observatory Block project as a tool to teach the students about design, creativity and architecture, and also actively p...

Housing

26 Nov 2020

NLA Expert Panel on Housing

Last week saw the second meeting of the NLA Expert Panel on Housing. The group undertook a review of the Mayor’s ‘Good Quality Homes for All Londoners’ SPG which is currently published in draft format...

Wellbeing

25 Nov 2020

Wellbeing winners reveal secrets of their successes

The architects behind winning wellbeing schemes in this year’s NLA Awards showed off some of the secrets of their successes behind designing happy, health places at a special webinar session this week...

New London Awards

25 Nov 2020

Mayor’s Prize for Circular Design

This year the Mayor’s Prize, which is awarded in association with the Mayor of London, recognises projects that best reflect the Mayor’s ambition for ‘Circular Economy’ as expressed through the Design...

New London Awards

24 Nov 2020

Next decade will refocus industry on community value

We must celebrate and learn from projects that make a meaningful impact on the places where they’re located. The NLA Community Prize responds to the need to put exemplary community design at the heart...

New London Awards

24 Nov 2020

Local identity in London – Community champions

The community prize celebrates community-driven design and collaboration, showcasing projects which contribute to a sense of local identity and which are selected from submissions across all categorie...

New London Awards

23 Nov 2020

Observations on the Wellbeing Category

The Wellbeing Prize at the annual NLA Awards celebrates how the quality of air, water, light, and comfort have been considered, to aid the mental and physical health of the people who occupy the build...

New London Awards

23 Nov 2020

Leading wellbeing projects

The wellbeing category looks at how design approaches consider key conditions such as the quality of air, water, light and comfort to aid physical and mental wellbeing of the people who live or work i...